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US 11,432,696 B2Granted
Handheld extraction cleaner
AssigneeBISSELL Inc.
InventorsColin J. Bloemendaal, Kin-leung Tam, Wei-min Yi
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Abstract
A handheld extraction cleaner includes a unitary body provided with a carry handle, and further provided with a supply tank, a recovery tank, and a suction source, all of which are carried on the unitary body. The various components of the extraction cleaner can be arranged for a balanced weight in hand. The supply tank can be integrated with a fluid distributor in a removable, modular unit.
Claims20
A handheld extraction cleaner, comprising:
- a body provided with a carry handle;
- a working air path through the body having a dirty air inlet, defined by a suction nozzle, and a clean air outlet;
- a suction source in fluid communication with the dirty air inlet;
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- a recovery tank selectively carried by the body, the recovery tank including a flapper valve thereon, the flapper valve configured to be pushed open by a portion of the body when the recovery tank is mounted to the body and the flapper valve configured to automatically close when the recovery tank is removed from the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.